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Página 88and their chase for gnats and other insects was under his view, as he sat reading
: and for a considerable period the parent birds, " from early dawn till latest eve,"
might be observed catching assiduously our English muskitoes. ' It is not likely, ...

Página 93All these birds are remarkably active, cheerful, and engaging in appearance.
They run merrily along the margins of our small streams ; sometimes coursing
over an island of water-cresses, or other aquatic plants, in search of insects, ...

Página 95So, in making their nests, birds will take to a new material which falls in their way,
and we know, to our cost, how soon they betake themselves to a new grain or
fruit introduced into our gardens. J We know not whether different races of birds ...